For LCC Grant and PASS Grant Recipients

Congratulations on receiving a Local Cultural Council grant! As a recipient of public funds, we ask for your assistance in acknowledging this important financial support publicly. LCC grant recipients like you are vital partners in raising the visibility of the role these funds play in the lives of our cultural organizations, audiences and communities.

We are supplying you with instructions and tools to acknowledge the public funding you receive, which will help show the link between public support and the excellent work you do. Your help with this effort is greatly appreciated. Any creative ways you can help publicize how LCC grants support your work are important and helpful.

Thank you for your assistance with this effort. If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, please speak with the LCC chair in your community or an MCC staff member.

PROPER ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORMAT

Grant recipients must acknowledge the Local Cultural Council that gave the grant, as well as the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which provides funds to the LCC. Proof of credit acknowledgment should be provided when you request reimbursement from the granting LCC. (Please refer to the LCC Regulations and Guidelines [PDF] for more information about this policy.)

Please carefully review the Credit & Publicity information regarding standard LCC grants and PASS grants.

1. Using the following credit line to recognize the granting LCC:
   
   "This program is supported in part by a grant from the (name of local cultural council), a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency."
   
   
2. Using an MCC credit logo, which can be downloaded from this web site. If you have questions, contact an MCC Communities staff member.

Promotional Materials. Use the credit line and credit logo prominently in printed materials (including season and subscription brochures, newsletters, press releases and announcements) as well as in films or videos.

Online Materials. Use the credit line and credit logo prominently in online materials (including web sites, listservs, blogs, electronically distributed releases and intranets) to which your LCC grant contributes. The electronic logo should link to the MCC web site, www.massculturalcouncil.org. Do not use logos on surveys.

Programs. The credit line or credit logo must appear on all printed programs.

Exhibition Signage. If there is no printed program for an exhibition, credit can be given through:

1. Wall text, which must include the LCC and MCC listed with other major public, private and corporate sponsors, in proportional order of the size of contribution

OR


2. A placard crediting the LCC and MCC, placed at the entrance to the exhibit or performance space.

Educational Materials. The credit line and credit logo must be used in all educational materials distributed in association with any LCC-funded program/exhibition, such as brochures, pamphlets, flyers, etc.

Verbal Credit. When written credit is not applicable, such as when there is no printed program, verbal credit shall be given prior to each performance. If an announcement is not feasible, a sign must be placed in the lobby using the credit line and credit logo.

Advertising. Credit must be given to the LCC and MCC in all print advertising that is 10 column inches or larger that is placed by a grantee. Any advertising, regardless of size or length, placed by a grantee that credits a specific funding source must also credit the LCC and MCC.

Proper Credit Means:

1. Using the credit line below and/or the MCC logo on any permission slips, letters, flyers, newsletters, etc. that mention your cultural field trip experience to recognize the granting LCC:
   
   "This program is supported in part by a grant from the (name of local cultural council), a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency."


2. Using the credit logo to recognize the MCC and its relationship to the LCC. Credit logos can be downloaded from this web site. If you have questions, contact an MCC Communities staff member.

• Ask children to write letters to their elected officials thanking them for supporting the LCC and MCC who made it possible for them to attend the event, performance or exhibit.


• Let your local paper know that your students went on a cultural field trip. Submit a photograph of the kids at the event and ask them to write about the experience.